A Small Farmer Girl 's Story of Making a Fortune by Farming

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According to Shen Yao's plan, one acre of land was divided into three plots, and a total of six greenhouses were to be built in the two-acre experimental area.

　　By the time the arches of the six plots of land were erected, covered with tarpaulin, straw mats were woven, and the custom-made large mud stove was delivered, more than half a month had already passed.

　　During the past half month, several families tightened their belts, gritted their teeth and took out all their savings to buy tung oil and cotton cloth, just to learn how to use greenhouses to grow crops like the Shen family.

　　What they thought was that if they planted off-season vegetables one year earlier, they could earn an extra year's money. Mrs. Wu was right, money is earned, not saved. If you can't make money, no matter how much you save, you can't save two big bucks. Since the Shen family was able to set aside two acres of land, they must have an 80% to 90% chance of making money, otherwise why would they be willing to set aside land for growing grain.

　　They did not have enough money to buy cotton cloth, and they were also afraid that if they planted too much, they would lose money, so they first marked out half an acre of land to give it a try!

　　Everything is ready, the next step is sowing.

　　If you want to eat summer vegetables in winter, you have to sow them in July or August. But it is already the end of October, and if you sow the seeds now, you can’t harvest them until the beginning of next spring at the earliest.

　　Shen Yao was scattering vegetable seeds, thinking to himself that it was a pity. If the vegetables could be put on the market before the New Year, they would surely be sold at a good price.

　　"If you ask me, we should plant more peppers. Who in this world doesn't like spicy food? Planting more peppers will definitely sell well!"

　　Wu Pozi sneered at Shen Lao San's words and mocked, "Your eldest brother doesn't like to eat chili peppers! In my opinion, we should grow more tomatoes! Not only can they be used to make soups and salads, but they can also be eaten as fruits. Think about it, in this cold winter when there are few fruits, who wouldn't love these juicy tomatoes?"

　　Old man Shen's head hurt from the noise, and he said unhappily, "What are you arguing about? There are six plots of land in the greenhouse, and there are many kinds of seasonal vegetables in summer. I have kept seeds at home, so why not plant them in one greenhouse? No one will make any money!"

　　"Grandpa is right! Let's plant a little bit of everything."

　　In this way, peppers, eggplants, tomatoes, cucumbers, water spinach and beans were planted in the six greenhouses of the Shen family.

　　After all the rapeseed on the two acres of land was planted, Old Man Shen and his sons sealed the door of the greenhouse and covered it with straw curtains.

　　In the blink of an eye, it was already the twelfth lunar month.

　　The rapeseed sown in the greenhouse has already sprouted and taken root, and has grown to the size of a finger, and is lush and green.

　　Since the greenhouse was built, Old Man Shen has devoted all his attention to it.

　　According to his granddaughter, when the weather is fine, Mr. Shen rolls up the straw curtains to let the sun shine through the oilcloth onto the vegetables in the shed. When night falls, he goes to the field to put down the straw curtains to keep the vegetables warm.

　　If the temperature in the greenhouse is too low, Old Man Shen will light the stove in the greenhouse to increase the temperature.

　　"I guess Third Brother hasn't been so concerned about Chunsheng for several hours."